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DeltaAI

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, DeltaAI has been designed from the ground up to maximize the output of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) research.

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Nightingale

A HIPAA-compliant secure system capable of data storage and powerful computation. Nightingale offers a new way to manage complex requirements surrounding sensitive data, taking the burden off the user so they can focus on their research.

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ACCESS

The Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support is a powerful collection of integrated digital resources and services that researchers around the country use to advance understanding of our world, making lives healthier, safer and better.

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AIFARMS

From autonomous farming to livestock optimization, artificial intelligence is playing an increasing role in the life of the modern family farm. Learn how we’re shaping the future of farming with this important project, led by the Center for Digital Agriculture.

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Atlas of a Changing Earth

With stunning visuals created by AVL, this fascinating documentary explains how a revolution in map making is shedding new light on global warming and its impact on the planet.

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Binary Neutron Stars II

Simulation of the last few hundred milliseconds in the lifetime of neutron star binaries.

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Blue Waters

In 2007, the National Science Foundation approved a $208-million grant to fund the creation of the world’s most powerful, leadership-class supercomputer – Blue Waters.

 

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CADENS

CADENS (The Centrality of Advanced Digitally ENabled Science) is a National Science Foundation-supported project to increase digital literacy and inform the general public about computational and data-enabled scientific discovery.

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CAMP2Ex

See how NCSA visualizations helped NASA better understand data sampled from smoke from one of the largest biomass-burning events in Indonesia on record. Camp2Ex

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COALESCE

For years fertilizers and other chemicals have been broadly applied, leading to a long list of problems. Learn about the $7-million initiative designed to change that, using machine learning, AI, and advanced computing to make farming far more sustainable.

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Community Data Clinic

The Community Data Clinic functions as a hub for developing community-centered solutions for a data-driven world.

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Dark Energy Survey

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the expansion of the cosmos should be slowing, but science has shown it’s actually speeding up.

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Delta

Delta offers a balanced mixture of CPU and GPU nodes and is the most performant GPU computing resource in the National Science Foundation’s portfolio.

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DeltaAI

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, DeltaAI has been designed from the ground up to maximize the output of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) research.

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EarthCube

The NSF EarthCube program has advanced how data and tools are found and utilized – as well as scientific scholarship itself – by issuing one of the first Call for Notebooks as peer-reviewed, scholarly objects emphasizing runnable software.

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FAIR4HEP

See how researchers are using high-energy physics to develop a FAIR framework that advances our understanding of AI.

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HAL Cluster

NCSA’s Innovative Systems developed and operates a high-performing computer network for AI-related computational workloads.

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HOLL-I

HOLL-I is a machine-learning targeted, high-speed computing resource, useful for training big data sets and dedicated to serving campus and industry needs.

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